MTA Pipe-Inspector floats battery-operated without cables freely in the media flow of the pipeline system and continuously supplies data from inside the pipeline to record the condition of the examined pipeline section without excavations or pipe separations.

INSERTION

The MTA Pipe-Inspector is inserted via existing T-pieces or, in the case of elevated tanks or vents, by means of a sluice and removed again for data evaluation at an end point to be defined.

FIELDS OF APPLICATION

• Drinking water
• Waste water
• Hydropower
• Industry

• Optical video inspection
• Noise recording for locating smallest leaks
• pinpoint accuracy up to 10l/h at 5bar operating pressure
• Pressure recording over the entire pipe length
• Optional turbidity measurement
• Conductivity measurement optional
• Temperature measurement
• Length measurement with metre indication
• Video recording in HD quality

For the first time, MTA Pipe-Inspector enables a material-independent and complete optical and acoustic inspection of transport pipelines without interrupting operation.

In contrast to cable-based inspection systems, this method works wirelessly, which makes the continuous optical inspection of long pipeline sections of up to 50km possible.

FIELD OF USE

Pipe-Inspector can also be used to inspect pipelines that are difficult to access, e.g. at airports, motorways, industrial plants or in other access-sensitive areas. Thanks to a pressure resistance of up to 100 bar, power station pipelines can also be inspected, e.g. before their initial commissioning.

• without interruption of operation
• without excavation or pipe separation
• drinking water certified
• without cleaning in advance
• easy insertion and removal
• large daily outputs
• low personnel requirements
• can be used in places that are difficult to access
• environmentally friendly
• cost-effective

The Water and Sewer Authority of the District of Columbia, DC Water, decided at the end of 2017 to subject one of the oldest parts of its drinking water network in Washington DC to a wireless multi-sensor inspection.